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Local Observations.

Time Bar. lTher. Hum. Wind Weather. Rain.
A. M 1927 SO 81 iN'eastCle
2 P. M. $50 13i 90 % fS'eastC1ear
p M -i3O.o3! 81 SO East Clear. 1880
Maximum temperature, 63; minimum tempera-
ture. 35.
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MINOR MATTERS.
S Made by the

Full List of the Appropriations Made by the
Forty-Ninth Congress.
wAsHrSGroN March ga statement of the
foo.ings of the appropriation bills passed by the
last session of Congress has been compiled by
the clerks of the Senate and House committees
on appropriations to-day. 1t ID as follows;
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Indian " 5226, sg7
Legislative Observation-Disclosures. 90 7O1. 221
Military Academy 4l9936
Navy. ............ 1888. 165
Pensions ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs 252 500
Postoffice. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIS 694, $50
Sundry civil 22322 40
Mexican pensions deficiency 100000
Pnblic printing deficiency 107 600
Miscellaneous appropriations testi-
mated ELECTROMAGNETIC. $500 900
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How One Soldier Died.

Nothing was so shocking and fearful
during the Rebellion us the confident
tone with which some men-some
preachers, I shudder even now to re-
member-asserted and asseverated tha
every man who died for the Union
cause, died holy death, and went to .
Christian and happy eternity, howev.
er loaded with protligacy and guilt his
life had been. Physical courage in
the loyal ranks, death on the field, il
was implied, cancelled moral obliga.
ton and atoned at last for life of sin
and shame. Or, if those who thus
spake still hold that no man, in peace
and war, is saved but by Christ, it was
implied that Christ would certainly
save one who so came to his death,
without change of chaT cter toward,
God, without either repentance OF
faith. can sorrow for those who fell
for the nation. can never cease to be
grateful to them for their great service
and sacrifice; but I cannot forget all
other distinctions of character and
destiny, save that between loyal and
rebel. This was once brought home
to me. In the first battle of the wal
with Mexico a connection of my IA
theirs family was captain in the reg
ular army under Gen. Zachary Tay-
lOr, and was killed instantly on the
field. A cannon ball shot away the
lower half of his face. Capt. Page
had just uttered q command to his
men, with fearful oaths, to fight des-
perately. The last word he uttered
was "hell." The next instant the ball
tore away his jaw. Do not ask me to
think of his entering heaven as the
next thing in his experience. Igreat-
ly admired him for noble, manly and
soldierly qualities; but should one let
this destroy his Christian convictions
and contradict the word of God? Does
anyone say this distinction is too fine
for rough human life? God makes
finer and more exact distinctions than
ours, and inflexibly maintains them
evermore.
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The world is Gods world, and all
the nobleness in it is for those who can
find and feel it.
A sound discretion is not so much
indicated by never making q mistake
rs by never repeating it.
To Judge religion we must have it
not stare at it from the bottom of a
seemingly interminable ladder.
All perfection in this life hath some
imperfection mixed with 1t, and no
knowledge is without some darkness.
God will mark not only how many
times you speak to his people in pub
lie, but also how frequently you speak
to himself in secret.
There is more Of power to sanctify,
elevate, strengthen and cheer i'll the
word Jesus (Jehovah-Saviour) than in
all the utterances of man since the
world began.
We must never undervaluc any per-
son. The workman loves not that his
work should be despised in his pres
ence. Now, God is present every
where, and every person is his work.
Every man takes care that his neigh
bor shall not cheat him. But day
comes when he begins to care that he
does not cheat his neighbor. Then all
goes well. He has changed his mar
ket-cart into chariot of the sun.
An Eastern proverb says, "GOd
comes to US without bell" The deep
est Divine impressions are those which
are made silently upon the heart and
conscience; not by wind, nor earth
quake, nor fire, but by the still small
voice of the Holy Spirit.
Heaven begun is the living proof
that makes the heaven to come credi-
BILE. "Chrst in you is the hope of glo-
ry." 1t is the eagle eye of faith which
penetrates the grave, and sees far into
the tranquil things of death. He
alone can believe in immortality who
feels the resurrection in him already.
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The Son of God lived till thirty il
all obscure village in Galilee, un
known; then came forth a matureC
ard perfect man-with mind and hear
and frame in perfect balance of hu
manity. 1t is divine lesson! I would
I could say as strongly as l feel deeply
Our stimulating artificial culture de-
stroys death. Our competition, oul
nights turned into days by pleasure
leaves no time for earnestness. We
are superficial men. Character in the
world wants root.
The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with evincible resolution
who resists the sorest temptations from
within and without, who bears the
heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is
calmest in storms, most fearless under
menace and frowns, whose reliance OH
truth, on virtue, on God, is most un-
faltering.
Hearts are very much alike, and all
need lots of patience to keep them good
and happy.
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ConsumptiOn Of LIQUORS.

Twenty or more pages of the quarterly
report Of the Chief of the Bureau OF
Statistics, just out, are devoted to the
consumption of distilled malt liquors
and ( ines, and estimates made by recog-
nized authorities are given on various
features of this subject. In round num-
bers, the consumption Of distilled spirits,
domestic and imported, in this country,
is shown to have increased from 43, ,000,- :
600 gallons in 1910 to 80, ,000,0 900 in 1886: of
wines from 4,S00,0 900 gallons to 22000,000,
and of malt liquors from 23,000,000 to
64, 100000. The consumption per capita
during the same period decreased as re-
CARDS distilled spirits from about two and
and one-half gallons to about one and
one-quarter gallons, and increased as re-
CARDS wines from 30 to .3S gallons, and
malt liquors from less than .5 to more
than IL gallons.
An elaborate statement, made by F. N.
Barrett, editor of the New York Grocer,
by request of tho Chief Of the Bureau, is
given, which sets forth, among other
things, that the present average eXpendi-
tnre in this country per annum for malt
liquors and beer, at retail, is S700,000,0 600.
The drinking. population was estimated
to be in 1856 l4,925, All, making the aver
age expenditure per capita $3.50.
Mr.. Barrctt SHOWS DS tapleS covering
the five years from 1882 to 1856 inclusive,
tnat the consumption Of spirits is decreas-
ing, while that Of beer is increasing, and
and that there is reduced use Of wine as
a beverage. Dursng this period he says !:
"The consumption of coffee has risen
from s. to 2per pound per capita % IL
pounds.
"Do not these facts show, says Mr.. Bar
nett, that the milder stimulants are driv-
ing out their fiery competitors, and it is
not due to the growing agitation of the
temperance question"
He says the wholesale cost of liqnors
for which retailers receive S700, ,O00,O is
not more than $500, 100000. He makes a
brief calculation OF the cost of liquors as
compared with that of food, clothing and
shelter, reaching the conclusion that the
American peogle oxpcnd from twelve to
seventeen dollars for the necessaries
named to every dollar paid out for liquor.
James A. Webb, of New York, fur
nishcd statement 10 the effect that only
10 per cent. of the distilled spirits con-
sumed in this country are used for medi-
cine and manufacturing purposes,n nine
ty per cent. being used as a beverage.
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They are happy whose natures sort
with their vocations.
You can outlive slander in half the
time you can outargue it.
1t is altogether in vain to learn wis
dom and yet live foolishly.
He that shows his passion tells his
enemy where he may hit him.
In prosperity we need to watch dill
gently and labor to walk humbly.
The door-sill of the home is the
wharf where heavy life is unladen.
Longing foI goodness does not bring
it. 1t is to be sought with all the
might.
Keep your eye on Jesus, and you will
miss seeing a great many needless
things.
You need not wait to ask O man to
make profession, for you can tell
him by his acts.
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The Right Way.

DR.. Gordon talks sensible and relgi-
ously about some popular and wrong
church customs:
But what can poor churches do in
the country, where money is scarce
asks another. Let them do little in
the right way, rather than do much in
the wrong way. 'Eor the honor of
Christ pray that the heathen may
never learn how the American Chris
tians raise money for MISSIONS" writes
a returned missionary in a recent arti-
Gle. And what advantage financially
would it be for them to learn? The
Bassein Baptist Christians out OF their
poverty give more per head for mis-
sions than the Baptist Christians of
Massachusetts, with all their wealth /:
that is, more without these modern
methods than we do with them. Here
is the answer to the question, "What
can poor churches do when money is
scarce ?' AS for attracting people to
the sanctuary, which is the principal
aim of church suppers and entertain
ments, what is gained in that direction
compared to the immense spiritual
loss incurred? In certain body of
Christians in New England, Isl
churches report not a single accession
by conversion during the last year
We know something of the ecclesiasti-
cal machinery by which these church
es are carried on, and how almost uni
versally the devices which we are con-
sidering enter into their established
order. Is not the record sad enough,
and does it not seem to call out the pa
thetic question of the Lord, "Where-
fore do We spend money for that which
is not bread, and your labor for that
which satisfieth not ?" And by way of
contrast, my poor brother, pastor
from Russia is sitting by me while
write. He never heard of church
entertainment or church supper till
he came to this country, and has not a
single wheel of our church machinery
in his system. Constantly prosecuted,
seven times imprisoned, once sent into
exile, and with no place to gather his
flock except his own private house, yet
without any of our modern appliances
he has baptized in the region round
about his home four hundred converts
during the last two years. Does not
this suggest how much more the Lord
can do without our Improvements than
with them?
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FOrgetfulneSs Of Sins.

Thomas Manton, an old writer, says,
"Thinps written with the juice of a
lemon, when they are brought to the
fire, are plain and legible, so when
wicken men draw near the fires OF
hell, their secret sins stand out before
them, and they cry out upon their
beds"
There are two kinds of forgetfulness,
"A guilty forgetfulness and blessed
forgetfulness. "He that covereth his
sins shall not prosper" says the Scrip
ture. That is guilty forgetfulness.
The memory may be so trained into
coneealing and prevaricating that it
can bury the darkest sins without a
aualm of conscience. There are those
who remember to forget their wrong
doings; who turn the heart, which
ought to be harvest field for rearing
the noblest virtues. into a potter's for
burying their secret transgressions.
And it is the preachers business, if he
has any business, to uncover these
graves of memory and show the peo-
Die their sins; for they are certain to
be uncovered in the day of judgment !;
and he would anticipate that day and
get men to Judge themselves, that they
may not be judged. 1 am told by the
officers of the States prison that only
here and there one out of the hundreds
who enter that place seems really to
believe himself guilty. The con-
science has been SO long training them
to Justify wrong-doing, that it refuses
to bring in q verdict of guilty" 1t
is the danger with all of us that we
eb,,I Ioorn unooneciOuSly TO cover I'D
our sins. Hence it is just as much our
duty to take account OF our faults and
failings now and then as it is to take
account of stock. And if we under
stand the value of self-eXamination,
we shall be doing this constantly.
But as there is guilty forgetfufness,
so there is a scriptural forgetfulness OF
sins. "The true penitent," says New
man, "never forgives himself" That
is the teaching of asceticism, but not
of Scripture. "Their sins and their
iniuuities will I remember no more,"
saws Jehovah. And what God forgets,
we may forget, burying our sins in OBJ
livion, and never calling them to mind
again. 1t seems almost all impcrti-
nence, in the light of the Scripture,
for US to be constantly bringing up our
forgiven transgressfons ana repeating
them to the Lord. "Ye have weareu
me with your SINS" says Jehovah.
Then why should we continue to wea-
ry him by thrusting them repeatedly
on his attention. May the Holy Spirit
give us rest in the sweet realization OF
Gods merciful forgetfulness Of PARDON
ed sin = ,Vatchacord.
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Waiting for Mother.
A "REMINISCENCES OF GETTYSBURG.
BY S. II. BRowNE.*

"Come, doctor, now answer me truly,
And don't put me off or deny,
For I'm not a weak GIRL to be frightened,
Although you may say l shall die!
"But tell me, good doctor, l beg YOU,
How long do you think can stahI
am waiting and watching for mother'
l think she will be here to-day.
"For wrote her, you know, was wounoea
And begged her to hasten and come;
Lam sure She has needed my summons,
Nor tarried au instant ut home.
"And If could only behold her.,
And lean my poor head on her breasl,
am sure this great anguish would leave hls
To find both refreshment ana rest.
"And then I could comfort dear mother
She has only William and me,
And both of us went to the army;
He too may have fallen, you see.
"Now don't shake your head at me, doctor;
Pm sure to hold out she's so near,
And I've so much to say and to tell her
think it's the train that near!
"Ah me! it grows darker and darker,
am dizzy and drowSy and cold:
Twill be ali too late In the morning
NV story will never be told!
"Yes, yes. it must be am going.
Sweet mother, kind. gentle ana So"d!
o tell her knew she was coming.
And stayed just as long as coulo!
sNot the Editor of CHRISTIAN NEGGHboR.
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(Ne1U York Hcrol1.)

If the way-down bottom facts were
known, many an otficeseeker would
explain his earnestness to save the
country in the language of the candid
Mississippian "At the earnest solici-
tation of my many creditors I have
consented to become Il candidate for
county treasurer"
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(Scculdr Pdpcr.)

1.-The theatre has been the great de-
moralizer of our young women; near
Iy all the pieces turn upon some rot
tenness, deceit or intrigue. The French
pieces are all of that class, and most OF
the English pieces are based on the
French. These girls sit there by
young men feasting on unhealthy de-
tails, amours and exchanges of love" "
and then they go to rich, late suppers.
The final results are best seen in our
divorce ce-courtS.
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singular Suicide Of Methodist Deacon

CHICAGO, April l6.-At Lexington, In
diana, ]. w. Middleton, deacon in thu
Methodist Church, in company with two
sons, was telling trees yesterday. While
IA tree was falling Middleton folded his
arms, stood in the lire of fall and wa:
rushed into the earth. No reason cal
he assigned for the suicide.
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boston Globe. |

If figures frequently presented inr
lation to the increasing ratio of prison
.ers to population are authentic, it is
time the alarm was sounded, and the
general mind took an entirely differ
ent view of the situation.
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Insurance License.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
COLUMBIA, s. e., April 1st 1887
| CERTIFY, THAT Mr.. A. M. AIKEN, OF
Cokesbury, Agent of the ROCHESTER GER
MAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, incor
porated by the State OF New York, has com
piled with the acquisitions Of the Act OF the
General Assembly entitled IAN Act to regu
late the Agencies OF Insurance Companies mol
Incorporated in the State Of South Carolina, ,
and l hereby license the said Mr.. A. NJ
AIKEN, Agent aforesaid, to take risks and
transact oil business Of Insurance In this
State. in the County Of Abbeville, for and III
behalf OF said Company.
Expires March 3lst, 1883.
w. E. STONEY,
Comptroller General.
April 6, 1887, 2t
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(iNe,U YorL: Christian Adpocdte.)

Many a man of sixty-five to seventy
years of age, slightly declining in
health, would prolong his days and in
crease his comfort if he were to make
a tour of from six months to year
If he breads the sea, it is not necessary
to 60 abroad. He can easily be enter
tanned and profited by journey OF
that length in his own country-a ter
ritory as large as that occupied by the
diversified nations of Europe. Many,
however, who have the means will 60
on in the same rut; the harness, which
they have worn for three-score years,
wearing through the skin in the same
place, until finally, like the ancient
stage-horse, they will he unable to
stand up longer under the weight oi
the harness and the shafts, much less
pull the load.
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REP AIR SHOP
AT DONALDSVILLE.

U'HE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECENTLY
i fitted up his SHOP and Is now prepared
to do almost any kind of work that may be
needed on MILI-IRONS or STEAM EN-
GINES. All kinds OF IRON TURNING nice
ly done.
Save delays. freight, and loss of time by talk
ing your work to
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Bridge Notice.

THE building OF a bridge across saluda Riv.
lowest responsible bidder at the place on the
18th Of MAY next, ut II o'clock A. NJ.
Plans and specifications will be given on
that day. Contractor TO give bond and secu.
rity for the faithful performance OF the work
G. NJ. MATTISON,
County Commissioner.
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Get the Best.

IEJARRA NTED for S years. The New High
w Arm Davis, Vertical Feed Sewing Ma.
Abbevlle county. Write TO me for prices.
sell the New Domestic, the New American.
The best Sperm Sewing Machine OIL, Needles,
&c, for ali Machines. l offer the best and
cheapest stock Of Furniture, Collins, &c, In
the county. HENRY j. KINARD, Agt.
March 30, 1887, l2m Ninety-Six, ). Z.
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America is Bound to Shine.

The attention ef the public is called t0 the
merits Of the Universal Metal-P -Pamade |!
an article recently introduced for the polish
ing OF metals. from the finest gold and silver
It Is q wonder.worker, and 1t Is bound to be-
come the tavorIte with everyone that has ac-
cason to polish metals. Call and get SAM
pie free =. B. Speed.
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Marble Works.
Received To-day.

EOUR LOW PRICE CHAMBER SUITS
with Toilet Washstands. at the follow
Ing prices;
Suits at s25.
2 Suits at s35 and $50.
The lowest goods we have ever offered.
]. D. CHALMERS g. co.
March %, 1887.
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What Others Say.
Is. S. IfD,eS.)

Is. >. ItHeS)
One sign of personal superiority is a
lack of any consciousness of personal
superiority. He who says that he is
more of man than his immediate
fellows, is pretty sure to provoke 9th
ers to differ with him at that point.
Indeed, he is not unlikely to be alone
in his opinion, so far. 1t is much the
same in the matter Of race, or sex, as
i'm that of other contrasts. The man
who insists that he is superior to an
other man because he belongs to race
which is superior to that mans, makes
point against his race superiority,
instead of for it, to begin with. The
other man would, again, only harm
his case by making counter claim.
1t is always better to evidence superb
ority without claiming it, than to
claim superiority without evidencing
it. So, again, if man boldly claims
his superiority to woman because he is
man, he proves that he is not manly,
Just as surely as woman proves that
She is not womanly if she boldly
claims superiority over man on the
score of her sex. Solomon gave one
proof of his superiority in wisdom
when he suggested the unwisdom OF
self-praise. LET another man praise
thee" he said, "and not thine own
mouth; a stranger, and not thine own
lips" Superiority is hopelessly lost,
as soon as it is found-by its owner.
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(Adrdnce.)


Dear leader of the prayer meeting:
Do not be impatient; do not be nerv-
Gus; do not talk too much nor too
often; do not say whatever happens to
occur to you; do not make any unper
tinent remarks such as may divert the
mind from the main thought of the
evening; do not consider every mo-
ment wasted that does not happen to
be occupied )" do not indulge in too
much importuning; do not seem over
anxious to elicit mere outward express
sions; do not try to do what it is not
your business to do, what it is impossi-
BILE for another to do, but must be done
by each individual for himself, or must
be done by the Holy Spirit himself.
One may safely trust the truth, trust
the Spirit, and trust him who has said,
"Where two or three are gathered to-
gether in my name, there am I in their
midst" To lead a prayer meeting
well, that is q sacred art; and, too,
there are many people who have it.
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Guaranteed.

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sore back horses. Guaranteed in every In
stance. Money cheerfully refunded II the
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